[arch-general] locked out

[Konnor Klercke]

Do you have multiple keyboard layouts set up? Or do you use a layout other than US-QWERTY? I've had issues with that before.

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On Friday, November 6th, 2020 at 12:43, Fons Adriaensen <fons at linuxaudio.org> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> After a full upgrade it seems I'm locked out :-(
>
> The system boots normally, and shows the xdm login screen.
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> But my password is not accepted. Same in a tty, also for
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> root.
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> I can boot using an installation stick, mount all partitions
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> under /mnt as during installation, and do an arch-chroot /mnt
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> I reset my password and the root password in that environment,
>
> but that didn't help. After a normal boot I'm still locked out.
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> Any hints to solve this will be much appreciated !
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> FA